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...posters were meant to be provocative and to cause uneasiness to those who are not certain about when life begins, and HRL proclaimed their campaign a success because it made people think about abortion more critically. Yet while their tactic may have made a small group question their beliefs, it alienated the majority of campus who might be sympathetic to a civil discussion about when life really begins. Very few people argue that abortion would be okay if it was actually killing a person; the debate is deeper and more intricate, and HRL decided simply to incite rather than inform...
...donors lobbying on behalf of Harman. In a story touching on tensions between Pelosi and Harman, an alternative California publication, LA Weekly, reported in May that Harman "had some major contributors call Pelosi to impress upon her the importance of keeping Jane in place. According to these members, this tactic, too, hasn't endeared Harman to Pelosi...
...shots into goals. “She’s one of our faster, more athletic players, and she was really a threat for us,” Walsh said. “We needed some more punch on that front line.” The tactic worked, as Odorzcyk’s speed and field vision on the right wing kept the ball in Holy’s Cross half. At the 55:06 mark in the second half, freshman Kelli Okuji collected the ball inside the eighteen and fired a shot. Stone appeared to have the save...
...Phone Records Act, which they approved last May only to see it disappear from the docket when it was time for a floor vote. Committee member Representative Jan Schakowsky believes the anti-pretexting bill was delayed "because of the Administration's concerns that maybe they were using the tactic themselves," says her spokesperson. Democrats speculated about a link to the National Security Administration's controversial warrantless wiretapping program. An Intelligence Committee spokesman tells TIME that the bill was initially pulled because of "national security concerns" they wanted addressed, but once those issues were raised they had no problems with...
...endure nine months of icy stares at study breaks, give HUPD a call. They’re used to fielding noise complaints and will likely be more intimidating than a lowly tutor (read: they’re armed). Keep in mind that this should be a last resort tactic, and it should only be used when the noise is truly disruptive and occurring after quiet hours. Call the cops on someone you can hear snoring through a fire door, and you deserve that “Resident Psycho” moniker that you’ll be stuck with...